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Role of preoperative computed tomography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and reduction of negative appendectomy rates: Retrospective cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Negative appendectomy rate (NAR) is defined as the incidence of pathologically normal appendices removed from patients suspected of having appendicitis. The objective of the present study is to determine the accuracy of CT and other modalities in diagnosing acute appendicitis, aiming to...

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Autores principales: Mikwar, Zaher, ALSaleh, Nourah, Hafez Mousa, Ahmed, Alsuayri, Razan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9142381/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35638008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103609